1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 359dcc041..dbb82e69c 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int sysctl_write_setting(const char *setting, int output)
                 return -2;
         }
 
-        bb_xasprintf(&tmpname, "%s%.*s", PROC_PATH, (equals - name), name);
+        tmpname = bb_xasprintf("%s%.*s", PROC_PATH, (equals - name), name);
         outname = bb_xstrdup(tmpname + strlen(PROC_PATH));
 
         while ((cptr = strchr(tmpname, '.')) != NULL)